Severe Thunderstorm Watch in Effect for Agawa/Lake Superior Provincial Park

Jun 10, 2017 @ 17:12

4:53 PM EDT Saturday 10 June 2017

Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for:

• Agawa – Lake Superior Provincial Park

Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts and large hail.

Large hail can damage property and cause injury. Strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off trees and overturn large vehicles. Intense lightning is likely with any thunderstorm that develops. Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!

Severe thunderstorm watches are issued when atmospheric conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms that could produce one or more of the following: large hail, damaging winds, torrential rainfall.

The Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management recommends that you take cover immediately if threatening weather approaches.